A man left fighting for his life after a street fracas was mourning the death of his three-day-old baby.

A man left fighting for his life after a street fracas was mourning the death of his three-day-old baby.

Miles Stokoe, 40, suffered a fractured skull and needed surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.

It happened only a fortnight after his baby, Jennifer Clare, died in Sunderland Royal Hospital. Mr Stokoe is now said to be stable but seriously ill in Newcastle General Hospital. His family claims he was `drowning his sorrows' before the incident near his home in Westheath Avenue, Grangetown, Sunderland on Sunday at 10.35pm.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Sunderland West CID on (0191) 454 7555 extension 66202.